Rusticity's ungainly form May cloud the highest mind; But when the heart is nobly warm, The good excuse will find. Propriety's cold cautious rules Warm Fervour may o'erlook; But spare poor Sensibility ...
During the 1600s, Japanese tastes in ceramics shifted away from the large-scaled, thick-walled sculptural works of the Momoyama period (1568-1615) toward a more elegant and refined form of porcelain.